Health Careers Club
I. First Aid/CPR/EMT-B Training Information
American
Heart Association - to find out about local CPR & first
aid courses being offered.
American Red Cross - To find about local first aid & CPR courses being offered
& how to become involved in the Red Cross Youth Council
National Association of Emergency
Medical Technicians
New Jersey Office of Medical Services - For a list of training
sites, upcoming EMT-B courses, CEUs, and other information
II. Interested in a career in Nursing?
Go to the American Nursing
Association - on planning a career in nursing
Online Nursing Schools
and Nursing Degree Directory
III. Are you thinking of becoming an athletic trainer?
Click here for a list of accredited athletic training programs
To find more about athletic trainers in a specific setting,
check the following websites:
Industrial/Occupational
Athletic Trainers
Athletic
Trainers in Health Care
Armed Forces Athletic Trainers'
Society
Professional
Baseball Athletic Trainers' Society
Professional
Football Athletic Trainers' Society
Professional Hockey Athletic
Trainers' Society
United States
Olympic Committee - Sports Medicine
IV. Interested in a career in Physical Therapy?
Go to http://www.apta.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=A_Career_in_Physical_Therapy&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=242&ContentID=26636
To find information on accredited Physical Therapy schools, go
to www.capteonline.org
V. For those interested in a career in fitness:
American
College of Sports Medicine - For those interested in obtaining
Personal Training Certification - no college degree required.
Certification to be a health/fitness instructor, exercise specialist,
& registered clinical exercise physiologists require a minimum
of a Bachelor's Degree.
Aerobics & Fitness Association
of America - For those interested in becoming an aerobics,
pilates, yoga, kickboxing, or step instructor. No college degree
required, but must be CPR certified.
National Academy of Sports Medicine - For those interested in becoming a certified personal trainer.
Must be 18 & CPR certified. A college degree is required for
the Performance Enhancement Specialist Certification
The
National Strength & Conditioning Association - For those
interested in becoming a strength & conditioning specialist.
A college degree is required for certification. For those interested
in becoming a certified personal trainer, must be CPR certified
& no college degree required.
Spinning
Certification - For information on how to become a Spinning
Instructor.
VI. For information on other allied health careers see below:
American Academy of
Dermatology
American Kinesiotherapy Association
American Medical Society for
Sports Medicine (AMSSM) - For information on becoming a Sports
Medicine Physician.
American Osteopathic Academy of Sports Medicine - For further info
on certified sports medicine physicians.
American Occupation Therapy Association
Association of Schools
of Allied Health Profession - To explore different health
professions
Commission of Accreditation
of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) - Explains the
importance of accreditation & helps you to find an accredited
program in the area you are seeking.
VII. Learning Sites
Auscultation
Assistant - This site was designed for second-year medical
students at UCLA to help them distinguish the different audio
characteristics of heart murmurs and breath sounds.
Human Kinetics -
This site offers a variety of sports-med-related texts & videos.
Muscles
in Action- to help you understand the anatomical terms of
movement.
Loyola
University Medical Education Network Learn 'Em - to help you
understand the anatomy of muscles, bones, nerves, & arteries;
& to assist you with knowing dermatomes, & cutaneous innervation.
Southern California Orthopedic
Institute - This site has some good anatomical pictures &
a description of the shoulder, elbow, hand, hip, knee, ankle,
& spine.
Physician
& Sports Medicine On-Line Journal
Journal of Athletic Training
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